episode_0058

It was an air where everything seemed to stop. It felt as if all the beings standing between them would be crushed just by the intimidation they gave off to each other. It was difficult to breathe, although not as much as Denatus had been emitting.

“… … Hey, I met a big guy today. Are you the reincarnation of Denatus? I never thought I would see something like this that I had only heard about through rumors. What kind of confidence does the Academy have? Do you know that it would be dangerous if someone attacked the academy in this situation?”

“Even if I don’t follow it, the academy has professors and other students. It’s my job to deal with lunatics like you. Your other friends aren’t the ones to talk to you like this. Be glad I came, if it wasn’t for me you might have already died?”

“Your tone is polite, but not rude? Who do you think I am right now? Shall we fight?”

“A member of the Demon King’s army who couldn’t even protect his superiors, you’re being bold, aren’t you? Are you a fool who can’t even remember how Cadmus died?”

“… … What are you?”

In response to the boy’s question, Isabel smiled, covered her left breast with her right hand, and bowed her head in greeting.

“Wouldn’t it be foolish to ask when you already know? Knowing who I am, you who lost your leader in the Sea of Charon and ran away, what happened to this Ignolia?”

Saying that, Isabel moved one step forward. With the sound of footsteps, the feeling of intimidation pressed down on my body even more. Breathing became more difficult. Even though I forced my breath out and inhaled, I couldn’t seem to breathe.

All I could do was just watch their conversation.

“The reincarnation of Denatus… … ah. yes. The Sea of Charon. Do you still remember that?”

“Because I became famous because I was the one who stopped the monsters that came across the sea.”

The boy glared at Isabelle.

“So, do you want me to avenge Cadmus here? Cadmus is already dead, and I actually wanted to kill him? Should I at least applaud?”

“It would be an honor if you did so.”

Isabelle just smiled. And the two shared a look, and at that moment, a snake made of countless flames rushed towards Isabel from behind the boy. And just as I was about to raise my wand and cast a protection spell at that sight, senior Isabel’s voice rang out around me.

“Jeremy?”

And at the same time as that cry, a large cat appeared from the senior’s shadow and ate all of the flame snakes, and the cat made of shadow soon changed its appearance.

Jeremy, who had the appearance of a prisoner whom we had encountered earlier, was standing there smiling at Isabelle.

“It’s not tasty, this. It’s just hot.”

“I’ll give you something delicious later. So what would you do? Do you want to fight more? If I can’t beat my summons, I don’t think there’s any reason for me to step forward, Cadmus’ subordinate.”

“… … It’s a monster, a monster. Sglaka is also a very strange person. In the end, he gives these talents to people who are dying of old age.”

“Goddess Sglaka is fair.”

“Ha, you’re saying something funny. Let’s go back Gerard.”

“But the mission is not over yet.”

Hearing what Gerard said, the boy looked at Gerard and then pointed his finger at Isabelle.

“Then can you fight that thing and win? try. I told you to try it?”

“… … I will follow your orders.”

After speaking, Gerard stood up, aimed his wand at the ground, and began drawing a magic circle. Isabelle looked at the two and opened her mouth.

“If you target the Academy students one more time, I won’t tolerate it then.”

“Anyway, the academy is not our business. Ignolia and we are in charge of this. The guy at the academy will probably run away on his own when we go back.”

“If he doesn’t run away, take him with you.”

“That guy is not my subordinate, so you should look for him.”

The boy stretched while saying those words and smiled brightly as he looked at me.

“It was fun, wizard of another world.”

“I didn’t have fun.”

“Wow, look at how hard it is. Gerard, were you playing with something like that? If it were me, I think I would have killed him a long time ago, right?”

“Abron.”

“Yes, yes. You may have strange tastes, I respect that. I don’t understand.”

And when the magic circle was completely drawn, the two looked at us and waved their hands, while senior Isabel just watched them. Is it really okay to let him go? I tried to open my mouth, thinking about that, but I couldn’t open my mouth easily.

Looking at the figure that had suddenly disappeared before our eyes, I spoke softly to senior Isabel.

“Senior Isabel, is it okay if I send it to you?”

“You can kill him, but killing him doesn’t have to be good, and if I fight that demon called Abron… … Well, wouldn’t half of Ignolia be blown away?”

“… … I see.”

And Isabel senior looked at me and smiled.

“Still, was it amazing? A wizard who attacked an executive of the Demon King’s army. There aren’t many people like that.”

“Do you know the other person?”

“I met one in the Sea of Charon. At that time, the demons were not this strong, but demons are amazing.”

Senior Isabel spoke and pointed at me.

“That’s the same for Astan, um. Have you met the goddess Denatus? The atmosphere has changed, it doesn’t feel like the Astan I used to know.”

“Unintentionally, I had an audience with you.”

“How are you, Goddess? Ah, it’s funny that the goddess isn’t doing well.”

“You told the story of your senior. He said he was trying to fight with himself.”

“That’s right, I must have been an amazing person to challenge the goddess of death to a fight in a space where I couldn’t even use magic.”

I nodded at my senior’s words, looked at the places where Gerard and Abron had disappeared, then quickly walked towards Sharon, who had fallen on the ground, and shook her body.

“Sharen, Sharon.”

He was breathing, but he didn’t open his eyes. Am I dreaming? If not… … Is something going on? While I was obsessed with such curiosity, I heard my senior’s voice.

“Astan.”

“Yes, senior.”

“Is this the end for the Demon King’s army?”

“The Academy’s mole may still remain.”

“That’s… … Should I think about it later? For now, I’m satisfied that I’ve stopped one of those plots, and now that my colleagues are gone, the spy won’t be able to take his time.”

“However, the risk remains… … ”

“Astan, I have too many thoughts.”

Then the senior placed his finger on my forehead and smiled brightly.

“I’m sleeping a little.”

The senior’s voice cut off, my vision turned black, and I felt like I was falling towards the ground.

“Please explain what the situation is. If anyone sees it, it looks like you knocked them out and are resting.”

When Erica arrived at the underground water tunnel, she looked at Isabel and asked a question, and Isabel smiled at Erica.

“Please give some praise to Erica’s student. He was trying to deal with an official of the Demon Lord’s Army by himself, right? Should I scold you instead of praising you?”

“If it were Astan, he didn’t want to fight, but he couldn’t help it, so he probably wanted to fight. The way he cares about his friends is a bit scary. I probably just rushed in without even thinking about it because Sharon was there.”

“That part also resembles Erica.”

“Am I that kind of personality?”

“Erica doesn’t get that angry in other places, but if a student at the academy or someone she’s close with is in danger, she rushes in without a second thought.”

“Well, if that’s the case, then why are those two left like that?”

“Maybe he will wake up on his own after a while… … Since I don’t know the detailed location of the men’s dormitory, I hoped that Leonard would come, but I didn’t even know that Erica would come.”

Erica nodded and looked at the two lying on the ground, slowly approached them, pointed her wand at them, and chanted a spell, and then the two disappeared in space.

“I roughly threw it at the entrance of the dormitory, so I guess they will pick it up.”

“What if a spy finds you and kills you?”

“If you were that bold, you would be dead already.”

Then Erica turned to look at Isabelle, and Isabelle cautiously approached Erica.

“Who is the spy in the academy?”

“Looking at the fact that it hasn’t been caught so far… … It must be someone I have no idea about. Well, it’s hard to find, so wouldn’t it be better to leave it alone for now? Because if you try too hard, it pops out.”

“Then first… … We will search for the academy’s personnel, and Araelia’s personnel will request withdrawal.”

“Isn’t it okay if I leave it alone? Because the Knights of Araelia don’t do anything strange.”

“There is nothing good about being indebted to Araelia, so I will discuss this with Princess Ceresria.”

“The student council president has a lot to attend to.”

“Because it is such a position, and since Astan has come face to face with the goddess of death, it will probably be difficult for him to adjust for a while, so I ask you a favor.”

“You’re my student, so I’ll do that.”

After speaking, Erica disappeared somewhere, and Isabel slowly inhaled and exhaled her breath in the space of the underground waterway, then placed her hand on the ground. As I placed my hand on the ground, a memory of something seeped into my mind.

“… … I see.”

Isabel then slowly got up and walked somewhere, and at that moment, the large space in the underground water tunnel began to be engulfed in flames.